The Nativity of Christ is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church. It is traditionally celebrated in the Cathedral of St. Matrona in Miami on the night of January 6-7 (December 24- 25 on the Julian Calendar).
On January 7, the feast of the Nativity of Christ according to the Julian Calendar, the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the newly opened community dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God in the city of Dallas,... Read more...
On December 17, the 28th Sunday after Pentecost and the feastdays of the Great Martyr Barbara and St. John of Damascus according to the Julian Calendar, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, visited the Cathedral of St. John the Forerunner... Read more...
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On December 12, EmblemHealth’s Manhattan office hosted the final Rejoice & Reflect Celebration of 2023, organized by the New York City Mayor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships.
On December 3, the 26th Sunday after Pentecost, a new clergyman of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate was introduced at the Brooklyn Cathedral of St. John the Forerunner & Baptist.
On November 25, Archimandrite Alexander, Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America and Bishop-Elect of Nicopolis, visited Moldova at the invitation of the Metropolitan Peter of Bessarabia, the Exarch of the New Lands of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
On November 22, the patronal feast of Blessed Matrona of Moscow (+1952) was celebrated by the Miami Cathedral, which is the first church in America consecrated in honor of this Saint.
On November 2, the Church celebrates the memory of the 4th century martyrs of Persia: SS Akindinos, Pegasias, Anempodistos, Elpidophoros and Afthonios.
One of the traditions of the Orthodox Church is the holding joint services by the clergy from different communities on the anniversaries and the feast days of individual parishes.
